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Assistant Professor 

Clinical Interests 
Women's Health, Preventive Medicine, Pediatrics and Adult Patient Care, Office Based Procedures (Wound Care) 

Teaching Interests 
Medical Student and Resident Education 

Chair
Professor

Clinical Interests
Exercise and Sports Medicine

Teaching Interests 
Sports Cardiology

Research Interests 
National and International Lectures

Assistant Professor

Clinical Interests
Obesity, Diabetes

Research Interests 
Endocrinology, Addiction

“I 100% want to be a doctor. I have always wanted to be a doctor.” 

Assistant Professor

Clinical Interests
Adult and Preventive Medicine 

Teaching Interests
Medical Education 

Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Family and Community Medicine-Highlands

Clinical Interests
Preventative Medicine, Women’s Health, Management of Chronic Disease, Dermatologic Procedures, Wound Care

Teaching Interests 
Medical Student Precepting

Research Interests
Practice Improvement

The following article is courtesy Family and Community Medicine Assistant Professor Sumayah Abed, M.D., UAB Biology Undergraduate Student Sura Ahmed, and UAB Biotechnology Doctoral Student and Research Scientist Ahmed Abdelgawad.

Ramadan is a sacred time of year when Muslims embark on a personal journey of self-discipline and spiritual reflection. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. Unlike the solar Gregorian calendar, the Muslim calendar is lunar—11 to 12 days shorter. This year, Ramadan is March 10-April 9. 

Associate Professor
Medical and Lab Director, Student Health Services
Director, Alabama Statewide Area Health Education Centers

Clinical Interests
Infectious Diseases and College Health

Research Interests
Infectious Diseases, College Student Health and Well-being, Population Health

Teaching Interests
Medical Residents, Nurse Practitioners and National Lectures

Assistant Professor 

Clinical Interests
Adult, Child/Adolescent/Transitional Age Youth Psychiatry and College Student Mental Health, Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Teaching Interests 
Psychopathology, Psychopharmacology, Psychiatric Interview/Mental Status Exam, Simulation-Based Learning and Exam Prep Review

Research Interests 
Simulation-Based Learning, Social Media Use in Transistional Age Youth, Emotional Resilience 

Associate Professor
Director, Sports Medicine Clinic, Student Health Services
Medical Director, UAB Athletics

Clinical Interests
Comprehensive Sports Medicine

Teaching Interests 
Medical and graduate medical education

Research Interests 
Concussive head injuries 

Speaking to students and faculty from several programs at UAB, Samford University and Cahaba Medical Care, Bob Lujano, MS, shared his experience as a someone with a disability, and focused on how primary care providers can make the medical world – and the world in general – more accessible and inclusive. 

Assistant Professor

Clinical Interests
Sports Medicine and Women’s Health

Teaching Interests 
Student and Resident Education

Assistant Professor

Clinical Interests
Full-scope patient care – from pediatrics through geriatrics
Office-based procedures 

Teaching Interests
Resident and Medical Student Education 

Assistant Professor
Director, Family and Community Medicine Sports and Exercise Medicine Fellowship

Clinical Interests
Exercise and Sports Medicine, Hypermobility Syndromes

Teaching Interests 
Diagnostic and procedural ultrasound

Research Interests 
Injury prevention

(Top: Ksneia Blinnikova, M.D., MPH, Kala Dixon, Ph.D., Jill Marsh, M.D., Bottom: Adrienne Fowler Payne, Earl Salser, M.D., Kimberly Smith, Ph.D., MIchael Wiederman, Ph.D.)

Though the pandemic brought many challenges to educators, virtual learning, virtual collaborating and the strain of a world crisis also created opportunities for faculty and staff members in the Department of Family and Community Medicine to focus on ways they could impact their students despite the distance.

Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Student Health Services

Clinical Interests
College Health, Women's Health, Office Procedures, Leadership and Management in Medicine, Quality Improvement

Teaching Interests
Medical student and Resident education, Evidence-based practices, Office procedures

Associate Professor
Director, Medical Student Education

Interests 
Medical Student Education, Primary Care Training, and International Medicine

Assistant Professor

Clinical Interests
Sexual and Reproductive Health

Teaching Interests 
Adolescent and Young Adult Health, Advocacy in Medicine

Research Interests 
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Health Policy, Narrative and Storytelling for health

Pictured left to right: Chris Grijalba, D.O., Linzy Buffington, M.S., L.A.T., A.T.C., Mark Carrasco, M.D.,
Calvin Spellmon, M.D.

“I wish someone had told me about these opportunities when I was your age.”

Nurse Practitioner

Interests 
Family Medicine, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Nurse Education